Brief Life History of Henry G
When Henry G Bittner was born on 3 October 1801, in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George Bittner, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Walker, was 27. He married Magdalena "Mattie" Keefer about 1830, in Brothersvalley Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Milford, Black Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Northampton Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died on 30 July 1872, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Henry Bittner, "United States Census, 1860"
- Bittner, Henry birth 1801
- Henry Bittner, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Büttner (see Buettner ). This surname is also found in Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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